Integrated Studies

People, places, and problems offer rich opportunities for real-world learning. This unit design framework ensures engaging, aligned learning objectives, experiences, and assessments.

Combining several content areas can guide students to develop a deep understanding of how climate change affects them and their community.

This eight-step framework can help teachers create units that integrate science and social studies with math and English language arts.

One school used a PBL unit that combined science, math, and cooking dumplings to explore the many cultures that make up their community.

A project that encourages students to investigate the origins and history of calculus can boost engagement and promote deeper learning.

An English teacher co-teaching trigonometry asked students to explain an equation to a child and to turn discrete problems into a story.

An eighth-grade student-led project blends reading climate-change fiction with research and ends with a presentation to younger students.

Successfully integrating project-based learning across multiple classes requires careful coordination of learning outcomes and the teaching workload.

A Title I school in the Bronx is dramatically improving student outcomes—one book at a time.

Educators in K-12 classrooms are exploring unique ways to bridge the gap between math, science, and literacy.

Picture books are an excellent way to introduce young students to science and engineering concepts.

There’s a place for lessons involving robots in every grade and every subject—not just science and math but English and social studies too.

By asking students to explore the history of scientific discoveries, we get them to view their world with more wonder—and more skepticism—and condition their minds to think about causes and effects.

Teachers can use stories and poems to boost students’ understanding of math and science concepts while giving them extra reading practice.

Four of the skills used to solve computer science problems can be applied in other classes as well.